McDonald’s salad has MORE calories than a DOUBLE Big Mac

DINERS choosing the healthy option may be disappointed with their less-than-virtuous choice.

Not so healthy: It has been revealed McDonald's kale salad contains more calories than a Big Mac

McDonald’s has introduced a kale salad to its US menu - but not all is as it seems.

For the health-conscious, the “Keep Calm, Caesar On” chicken salad with parmesan and baby kale, may sound positively healthy, but when topped with the indulgent creamy Asiago Caesar dressing on the crispy chicken version, the salad slides down the scale in terms of nutrition.

The salad contains MORE than 730 calories, 53 grams of fat and 1,400mg of sodium, according to McDonald’s nutritional information.

She added that you would have to eat the equivalent of three McDonald’s regular hamburgers to ingest the same number of calories.

The nutritionist then advised using only half the dressing and removing the feta, as it’s high in salt.

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Nutritionist Shauna Lindzon advises skipping the feta which is high in salt

McDonald’s spokesperson Adam Grachnik told CBC News: “"[They] have the choice to have a salad with or without dressing, select a burger without the bun, choose their chicken protein crispy or grilled.”

The fast-food chain made headlines last year when it announced kale would be joining the menu.

The news came after lagging sales and a declaration by CEO Steve Easterbrook that he planned on turning the chain into a “modern, progressive burger company.”

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